In response to the economic impact of ongoing tariffs on Canadian goods, the federal government introduced an Employment Insurance (EI) pilot ...

Over 110,000 federal employees in Georgia could be impacted by the government shutdown. Furloughed workers in Georgia may be eligible to apply for state unemployment benefits. A 2019 federal law ...

Federal workers who become furloughed or lose their jobs as a result of the federal shutdown, now reaching nearly 10 days, are eligible to apply for unemployment benefits from the state. "Anyone can ...

Congress and President Donald Trump have little time and even fewer options to reach a funding deal to avoid triggering a partial government shutdown, which would disrupt U.S. government services and ...

CAN FILE FOR BENEFITS TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH. ON DAY NINE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, THE STATE OFFICE THAT HANDLES UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SAYS ONLY A HANDFUL OF FURLOUGHED FEDERAL WORKERS HAVE ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- As the $600 weekly federal unemployment payments are set to end, tens of thousands of North Carolinians are anxious about an uncertain future. "It's been a lifeline for me.

The federal government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congress failed to agree on a spending plan. During a shutdown, non-essential government services close and hundreds of thousands of federal workers ...

Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, cosponsored a bill today that would extend unemployment insurance by 14 weeks for all jobless Americans. Nearly 2 million out-of-work Americans face expiring benfits by the ...

The recent surge in the state's jobless rate has made about 40,000 North Carolinians eligible for extended unemployment benefits. The N.C. Employment Security Commission said today that those ...

New Hampshire's top official overseeing unemployment benefits says the state is ready to assist any federal worker furloughed or laid off during the government shutdown. New Hampshire's top official ...